I don’t watch it either and when I read a recent recap I was amazed at how hard the writer was going after her!?!

My mom was first diagnosed with RA at 28. Sometimes she’s bedridden, sometimes she’s ok. She still takes at least 10 different meds a day, has to go once a month for injections in her joints, and also does hours-long IV treatments every few months. She’s 56 now so that’s a long ass time to be dealing with a…

Um yes, many RA or other arthritis patients can and do rightfully say we’re receiving chemo. Methotrexate is a chemotherapy agent. Here’s the problem: when people hear arthritis, they think of grandma with a sore thumb. The reality is people with autoimmune arthritis are sick every damn day, with joint pain and…

I know a lady with an immune disease (scleroderma) who takes chemotherapy drugs for it, and she calls it chemo too. I think when people have these kinds of invisible illnesses, having treatments that have names that convince regular people of the seriousness of their conditions is a way of dealing with the stigma of…

RIP the comments section. My son is almost one so I’m just now wading into the mommy wars, but the biggest one by far has been how to handle sleep issues.

My thoughts with toddlers in the bed always comes back to “do you get kicked in the face often?”

What kind of impact has this arrangement had on your marriage? Not judging - I'm a social worker and I realize there are a TON of perfectly good ways to raise a kid. I'm just genuinely curious.